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[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1070812' date='Dec 28 2010, 10:50 AM']Yeah but Ian Durys vocals aren't the part that make the song. Its the bassline that does.[/quote] How boring would it be if everyone played the same bloody bassline 10000000 times....... I like it when i see bass players playing variations, it gives you a chance to use some of the ideas and put it into your own versions

Another plus for Wunjo, i went in there and they had two p basses, a '63 and a '67. I explained i ahd no intention on buyin there and then as i didnt have 3K but i asked if i could try them both and they allowed me to. I spent 2 hours in that shop. 5 minutes on the '63 and the rest on the '67 But they were consistently polite for the whole time, and iv continued to go there first when im in london ever since. As for shops in Denmark street, theres a new one on the far right hand side. They have a decent bass stock, when i went in there last month they had a '78 jazz and a gorgeous '64 p bass. V&R's stock was very thin on the ground though

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1068596' date='Dec 24 2010, 10:44 AM']I have to admit that I have heard some very interesting snippets of Louis Armstrong over the years and firmly acknowledge his contribution to the world of jazz and to the role of the soloist. Nevertheless, I don't own a single Armstrong recording and won't be buying one anytime soon. Like I say about many of the 'great' bass players, they may be great players but I just don't really like the music they play. Like Sinatra, I acknowledge the artistry but don't really like the product.[/quote] Unfortunately i feel the same about Jaco Pastorius. I find his music very dull and distracting on the ears although i do really like the Jaco Pastorius Big Band Word of Mouth album

[quote name='foal30' post='1068496' date='Dec 24 2010, 08:36 AM']that's a good place to start, a really great record that one. I often recco Mingus - Blues and Roots Miles Davis - Kind of Blue and some anthology or collection of Ellington, Armstrong, Coltrane , Parker. lately I am listening to some Chris Potter, because I quite like the drummer[/quote] With Louis Armstrong im trying to sort through the ballads, which on spotify seesm to be 70% of his catalogue. I really like Basin Blues though and how unique Louis voice is. I will have to also look more into those listed above, especially Mingus.

ahhh i hoped so much it would have been a CAR p bass

Starting to get into jazz now, i love the Oscar Peterson Trio album Night Train, anything else i should check out?

Singing in a church choir (I know (n)) i hear someone play cornet and i really wanted play it. So my rents bought me a recorder and then there was saxophone when i was told i was tall enough and then bass at 14

well don't get a fender. Most of the new ones seem to be crap quality. I paid £580 S/H for my old USA Deluxe V and still thought it was a tad much when the input socket had to be screwed back in every 10 seconds, the pre-amp was weak, the B string lacked warmth, it had little mid range and the neck socket was a bit too big for the neck. Beautiful looking bass though. My vote would be on a Sandberg. If you find one on here they can go really cheep. Lakland's are good build quality but i dont like the tone. Sei, probably a bit rare and expensive but definately the best

[quote name='Doddy' post='1065258' date='Dec 20 2010, 10:54 PM']I know,I'm sounding a bit harsh,but you come across as having typical teenage brashness,which although it has it's place right now,it will come as a huge culture shock if you get out into the music world beyond your school.[/quote] This is very very very true. I moved to Guildford thinking i was pretty much the bees knees, i too had completed grade 5, been told im one of the better students and was the only person in my town who understood what a bass was. I was wrong, i knew nothing and i was made to feel it pretty quickly.

I dont think any at 15 needs to rush, just carry on enjoying what your doing. When you feel you've got as far as you can by yourself then find a proffessional in london and go to their gigs, talk to them and see what it is that their doing that makes them better than yourself. Reading books and interviews is all ok but it will never compete with the real life experiences. If you want to get really good my best advice would be to leave school after GCSE'S and do a course in music, no matter how much your parents say no. I ended up waiting 2 years until after A levels and i consider myself 2 years behind. Good places to go would be Music College of Leeds, ICMP, ACM ect.

look out for warwicks on ebay, some german streamers can go for around the £300 mark. Also the Rockbass Fortress was a really good 5 string

Maybe think about ordering an Elrick Jazz? (http://www.expatnjs.com/) Theyve been out for a while now and have been incredibly popular with reviewers in the states. A bit pricey i know but with the "Take away" deal it wouldnt be too bad

I think you must have a minimum of 6: 1X Fender P bass (My preference would be a 60's example) 2X Fender Jazz Bass (1X60's, 1X70's) 1X Musicman Stingray (obvs a 70's) 1X5 string fretless 1X5 string fretted (Fodera, Alembic, Ken Smith??? Happy dreams) If you had all these what gig couldn't you do?

[quote name='endorka' post='1058475' date='Dec 14 2010, 01:05 PM']In fairness, myself and several others have also written on the thread advocating this point of view. Jennifer[/quote] Thanks Jennifer, just maybe if the points repeated enough it might be listened to

I agree that funk is a feel but, when you say the "sound of funk", surely you are refering to the origional recordings of origional funk lines. Thats what i would do if i was told to play in the style and sound of funk in a session, and im sure mr pratt wouldn't use them strings on a real session. Of course im generalising, there are some situations where new strings would be perfect for the line, but thats not often what was done in the 60's and 70's. My veiw on whats crap is people thinking you need a good bass to sound good, rubbish!

[quote name='Plux_the_Duck' post='1058249' date='Dec 14 2010, 10:01 AM']+1 to apart from the pushing the strings hard, I find it easiest to get a funky sound when I'm just tickling the strings. what sort of funk sound do you want? you going for the 60s sound or the 70s? I'd get yourself some DR low riders, but most importantly check your technique!!![/quote] I would love to see Jamerson "tickling" strings.

funky_numba. There seems to be a lot of utter crap on this thread. Instead of blaming it on an amp, bass, pickups, set up whatever, it is in reality all about the technique. And by this i don't just mean right hand, the left hand is just as important. On the right hand you want to really push hard on the strings to make sure your pushing the strings for all that they can give, then your left hand needs to be firm to let the note ring out propperly. Someone mentioned more treble and new strings for a funk sound? Really? Because if you look at chic/ sister sledge/ E.W.F, the strings they use are either pretty dead or flatwounds. This gives a really mellow tone which i think favours the low mids. I think at the end of the day, you should try to find a proffessional who can talk you through all this, and hopefully give advice on how to set up a bass too. I think once you have the fundamentals you can then explore how upgrading basses, pickups, and strings may help.

If your new to bass, look into the major's boot camp as theres some really good lessons in there. If i had seen that when i started i would probably be gigging a lot more!

I think im at a very similar stage to you. I had 3 fantastic lessons with Jakesbass and now im just going through Simandl whenever time allows (not much at the minute) but iv got to the third position which redicuousloy is something liek page 17 out of 200. A long but fun journey ahead then The hardest thing i find is bowing while reading, if i learn a piece my bowing sounds great and i barely get any squeaks or rub, but if i read whilst bowing i sometimes get all sorts of noises :@

The pegs were made of a very thin metal although he might have trod on it ....... But i have another friend with an american deluxe jazz bass and his tuning peg snapped off too. I think apart from the most recent models, most new fenders have been poorly made compared to musicman and warwick. Unless you just play in a bedroom i personally wouldn'y buy the bass as a gigging instrument.

[quote name='Conan' post='1049363' date='Dec 6 2010, 02:56 PM']Yeah. I always find inflatable Santas throw my timing...[/quote] i think some of them girls come inflated too

great sound, crap quality. My mate ended up replacing his tuning pegs with 50p coins as the origionals all snapped off